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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Answer

Dr. Spink: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what delegations have been made in 1995 under the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992; to whom those delegations were made; and what were the main conditions that were attached to them. [8645] Mr. Freeman: The table lists delegations made under the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 since the last report to Parliament, Official Report, 11 January 1995, col. 140. In some cases, for staff appointed by statutory office holders, Ministers were statutorily required to give consent to terms and conditions of service. For such staff, delegation has been effected by waiving that requirement, subject to the conditions attached to the delegation. List of delegations made in 1995 under The Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Delegation Nature of delegation Recipients Main conditions 1. Delegation of pay and certain Authority to determine pay and Ministers in charge of (i) The recipient must continue conditions of service. certain pay-related conditions departments for the following to comply with certain sections of service of civil servants organisations: Child Support of the Civil Service Management below the new Senior Civil Agency Government Code. (ii) Changes made to Service. The pay and certain Communications Headquarters, terms and conditions must pay-related conditions of Highways Agency, Historic provide value for money and be service of Agency Chief Scotland, Intervention Board made in a way which does not Executives are also excluded for Agricultural Produce Meat jeopardise essential public from the scope of the Hygiene Service Paymaster expenditure safeguards. delegations. Service Children's Schools (North West Europe) War Pensions Agency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Previous service--wide delegations extended to other organisations in 1995 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Delegation Recipients 1. Travel; Overseas Accountable Entertainment Allowance; Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Health and Safety relocation expenses; rent for key staff who occupy government Executive Health and Safety Commission (in respect of staff owned residential properties; boarding school allowance. appointed by Health and Safety Executive) 2. Rent for key staff who occupy government owned residential Central Statistical Office properties; boarding school allowance. 3. Minimum recruitment criteria; travel; overseas accountable Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and entertainment allowance; relocation expenses; rent for key staff Health Service Commissioner who occupy government owned residential properties; boarding school allowance; recruitment and retention allowance; and recruitment and retention allowances for staff overseas. _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

8645; 269 c285-6W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Civil service Personnel management

Legislation

Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992

Contains statistics

Yes